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HDD Failing

  • 16-04-2013 10:45am
    #1
    ABajaninCork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,411 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Hope this is the right place, but if not? Mods - please move.

    I have a Sony Vaio, Windows 7 64bit. Home premium laptop. The HDD capacity appears to be 500GB. I'm now getting error messages stating that the hard disk is failing. I've backed up my data, so am not too worried at this point. The HDD is a Samsumg HM321HI SATA disk. The odd thing is that when checking the disk via the 'Properties' tab, it comes back as working OK, even when Windows says it isn't and that there's an error which is causing the disk to fail

    I've had a quick scout round via YouTube, and it seems a fairly straightforward job to replace the drive myself rather than paying E120 to have it done for me.

    So I have a couple of questions:

    Is it indeed possible to replace the HDD myself?
    And if that's possible, do I replace like for like, or can I take the opportunity to boost the capacity?
    And does the disk come with the OS or do I have to re-load it myself? The programmes I have on the laptop, again I'm not too worried about as I can easily re-load those, it's just the OP I have a question about.

    Sorry about the length of the post, but I wanted to give as much info as possible.

    TIA for any help you're able to give! :)


Comments

  • #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    See if you can disable SMART in he BIOS, this should make the warning go away. Whether you want to ignore it, is up to you, but don;t trust the disk with important data without backup.

    Replacement disks don't come with an OS. If you don't have a OS DVD, clone your current drive to image while you still can.

    Replacing the disk quite easy, if the laptop has a a service hatch for the HDD.


  • #3
    ABajaninCork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,411 ✭✭✭ABajaninCork


    Yeah, I've tried to clone the system on to an external HDD. But it's not formatted correctly. So I've got another HDD that might do.

    If that doesn't work? Then back to Square One, I guess...


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